Eames: The Architect and The Painter

Design history was born in a cavernous warehouse on a gritty street in Venice Beach, California, where Charles and Ray Eames set up their Renaissance-style studio in the optimistic flush of American victory during World War II. Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey's definitive cinematic foray into the world of the Eames is the first film to be made about Charles and Ray since their deaths - and the only one that peers deeply inside the link between their artistic collaboration and sometimes tortured love for one another.

Insightfully narrated by James Franco, the film brings to light a virgin cache of archival material, visually stunning films, love letters, photographs and artifacts produced in mind-boggling volume by Charles and Ray with their talented staff during the hypercreative forty-year epoch of the Eames Office. Interviews with family members and design historians guide the viewer on an intimate tour of the Eames era, while junior designers who were swept into the 24-7 world of "The Eamery," as they called it, flesh out a fascinatingly complex blueprint of this husband-and-wife powerhouse.

Comments (2)

So glad to see this film here! Wonderful insight into a pair of extremely talented individuals who shaped our modern landscape. Amazing archival footage, very interesting all the way through.

Olivia

Kanopy Staff•4 years ago

I really felt like I was in the Googleplex of the 1940-50's! What an inspiring story and interesting to understand Eames' legacy. I particularly enjoyed learning about the role of Eames' wife, Ray, in the business and creative process. Her work has largely gone unnoticed, to great to see her ...Read more

I really felt like I was in the Googleplex of the 1940-50's! What an inspiring story and interesting to understand Eames' legacy. I particularly enjoyed learning about the role of Eames' wife, Ray, in the business and creative process. Her work has largely gone unnoticed, to great to see her story revealed in this love affair.

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